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Castro Valley child injured by hit-and-run driver

Police believe driver was in car stolen from Livermore auto

A car that struck a young boy walking with his grandmother in Castro Valley before the driver fled was stolen from a Livermore auto dealership earlier Monday morning, according to police.

Investigators are looking into whether the man who fled from the crash on Meadowview Drive was involved in the "slightly sophisticated" burglary at Livermore Ford Lincoln, where five cars were stolen, according to Livermore police Sgt. Steve Goard.

California Highway Patrol investigators have identified a suspect in the crash that seriously injured a 6-year-old boy. According to the CHP,

29-year-old Daniel Morris is believed to be the man who ran from the crash, abandoning the stolen Ford Fusion.

The Fusion was one of five cars that were dropped off for service at the Ford dealership, according to Goard. Four or five thieves pried open a key drop-off box and stole the cars between 12:39 a.m. and 1:57 a.m.

Another of the cars was found near the canal in Livermore and appears to have broken down, Goard said. Three of them are still missing.